Tabassum Barnagarwala

Awasrao Powal, a 90-year-old, has seen many droughts rumble through Maharashtra's Beed district. He vividly remembers the 1972 drought when farmers did not even sow seeds. 'We had no food, but we still had water,' he recalled. This year's drought, he says... See more

Awasrao Powal, a 90-year-old, has seen many droughts rumble through Maharashtra's Beed district. He vividly remembers the 1972 drought when farmers did not even sow seeds. 'We had no food, but we still had water,' he recalled. This year's drought, he says... See more

October in Maharashtra's Beed district is usually a time of hope. Reservoirs and wells are filled to the brim, fields of soybean and cotton are about to be harvested. But this year, there is neither water nor work in this Marathwada region. The crisis is ... See more

On October 8, Shravani Bua, a student leader from Maharashtra, was travelling with 13 other students to Delhi on the Goa Express when the group was intercepted first at Bhusawal station in Jalgaon district. Bua lives in Kasba Peth, a neighbourhood in Pune... See more

Mahasingh Parte lives in the last hut in a village on the border of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. To reach the village, Matla, one has to trek a kilometre up a hill, on muddy trails and slippery slopes. The village in Balaghat district in eastern Madhy... See more